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Arts Council of Northern Ireland

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The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Irish: Comhairle Ealaíon Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: Airts Cooncil o Norlin Airlan) is the lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1964, as a successor to the Committee for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA).[1]

As the main development agency for the arts it is responsible for the distribution of Exchequer and National Lottery Funding for the arts in Northern Ireland.[2] The council is headquartered at Linen Hill House, 23 Linenhall Street, Lisburn.[3] Organisationally it is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Communities.

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References

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  1. ^ Irish and Scots from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Accessed December 2008
  2. ^ Lottery Funding - Arts Council NI Archived August 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - Lottery Funding website. Accessed December 2008
  3. ^ "Contact Us - Arts Council of Northern Ireland: The Funding and Development Agency for the Arts in NI | Arts Council of Northern Ireland". artscouncil-ni.org. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
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